So Many Youth Ministries Are Struggling

One Person Carrying Everything

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Too often, one youth minister is expected to carry the vision, planning, recruiting, communication, programming, discipleship, events, care for teens, and so much more. This is not sustainable over time.

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Lack of Clarity and Practical Training

Most youth ministers do not lack passion. What they often need is practical support and training to turn good ideas into healthy systems, sustainable rhythms, and a ministry culture that can actually last.

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The High Cost of Turnover

When a youth minister burns out or leaves, the parish loses momentum, trust, volunteer stability, and years of hard-won wisdom. Too often, the ministry has to start over just when it was beginning to take root.

What Bosco Coaching Helps Build

Strong leaders

Healthy Teams

Unified, well-trained volunteers and core leaders with shared ownership of the mission.

Sustainable systems

A Culture of Engagement

A clear plan created months in advance. Healthy communication and practices that ensure the long-term health of your youth program.

A ministry marked by belonging, hospitality, Gospel proclamation, and life-giving encounters with Jesus.

Clarity, confidence, and practical ministry skills for your youth minister without adding to the pastor’s workload.

Scott Bagshaw has spent over 20 years serving in Catholic parish youth ministry and 30 years in broader ministry leadership. He knows firsthand what it feels like to carry a ministry alone, to struggle with burnout, and to wonder if the work is making a difference.

That experience is exactly what makes him the right person to walk alongside you. Scott brings practical wisdom, proven systems, and genuine pastoral care to every coaching relationship.

Meet Scott Bagshaw

20+

years in parish youth ministry

30+

years of broader ministry experience

How It Works

Months 1 and 2: Foundation

Assess current ministry, clarify goals, and strengthen core team structure.

Bosco Coaching walks alongside your youth minister and parish leadership for 12 months with personalized mentoring, skill-building, practical tools, and systems to help build a youth ministry culture that thrives and lasts.

Strengthen youth night execution and events, improve planning rhythms, train and better utilize the core team.

Months 3 and 4: Implementation

Months 5 and 12: Sustainability

Ensure long-term health, leadership development, and transition planning so the ministry thrives after coaching ends.

Who is this For

Bosco Coaching walks alongside your youth minister and parish leadership for 12 months with personalized mentoring, skill-building, practical tools, and systems to help build a youth ministry culture that thrives and lasts.

What's Included

Weekly meetings in Months 1 and 2, every other week meetings in Months 3 to 12, ongoing email and text support, custom resources and planning tools, decades of proven ministry insight, and transition planning for sustainable growth.

This partnership works best if:

• You are hiring or have hired a youth minister and want to build a lasting ministry

• Your youth minister is capable but overwhelmed

• A small percentage of your parish youth is engaged

• You’ve experienced a recent turnover in youth ministry

• You want to invest in the long-term spiritual health of your parish youth

• You’re ready to build a system specifically for your parish, not just run programs

This may not be the right fit if:

• You are looking for a quick fix or short-term help

• Your parish isn't ready to commit for a full year

• If there is little openness to feedback, change, or growth

• If you're looking for a one-size-fits-all program instead of a tailored coaching partnership

• If your parish is not yet ready to invest in long-term growth for youth ministry

Ready to build youth ministry that lasts?

Let's have a conversation. No pressure, no obligation, just a free consultation to talk about where your ministry is today and where it could be.